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Triassic Triop

Triops longicaudatus (LeConte, 1846)

Status not recordedcrustaceans

The triassic triop (Triops longicaudatus) is a species in the family Triopsidae, order Notostraca. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the triassic triop

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the triassic triop live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The triassic triop is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the triassic triop as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Japan
  2. Spain

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the triassic triop endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the triassic triop classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classBranchiopoda
  4. orderNotostraca
  5. familyTriopsidae
  6. genusTriops
  7. SpeciesTriops longicaudatus (LeConte, 1846)

Synonyms Apus aequalis, Apus biggsi, Apus domingensis, Apus frenzeli, Apus longicaudatus, Apus lucasanus, Apus oryzaphagus, Triops longicaudatus intermedius, Triops pampaneus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • American tadpole shrimpEnglish
  • Longtail tadpole shrimpEnglish
  • Summer tadpole shrimpEnglish
  • listonoh americkýCzech
  • Cangrejo renacuajo cola largaSpanish
  • Triops à trois yeuxFrench
  • アメリカカブトエビJapanese
  • 긴꼬리투구새우Korean
  • przekopnica długowidełkowaPolish
  • 三眼恐龍蝦Chinese
  • 아메리카긴꼬리투구새우Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the triassic triop

Other species in the same genus Triops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the triassic triop live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the triassic triop for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the triassic triop an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the triassic triop as introduced in 2 countries: Japan and Spain, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the triassic triop?

The triassic triop (Triops longicaudatus) belongs to the family Triopsidae in the order Notostraca.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Triassic Triop (Triops longicaudatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/triassic-triop

MLA

“Triassic Triop (Triops longicaudatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/triassic-triop.

BibTeX
@misc{triassic_triop_2026,
  title = {Triassic Triop (Triops longicaudatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/triassic-triop},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}